Of course, there were some who refused to believe in such things, dismissing the fates of those who had come to grief as mere bad luck or groundless superstition. They ended up being the ones to pay the price, going bankrupt and securing themselves a complimentary, lifelong "misfortune package."
With such vivid examples before them, the others, however unwilling, had no choice but to suppress their own unsavory intentions. They either buckled down honestly or simply left the auction house to strike out on their own.
Yet, upon leaving the auction house, they found that tasks which had once been effortless now became fraught with endless obstacles.
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